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| Yoko |
Rosemary Wells |
Yoko’s classmates make fun of the sushi she brings for lunch, until one of them tries it for himself.
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| Chrysanthemum |
Kevin Henkes |
Chrysanthemum loves her name until she starts school and the other children make fun of it.
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| The Hundred Dresses |
Eleanor Estes |
Wanda gets teased after she claims she has a hundred dresses in her closet at home but she wears the same worn dress to school every day.
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| The Meanest Thing to Say |
Bill Cosby |
Little Bill shows a new student how he can make friends.
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| The Practically Perfect Pajamas |
Erik Brooks |
Percy gives up his beloved footed pajamas after the other polar bears tease him about them, then realizes how useful they were.
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| Hunter’s Best Friend At School |
Laura M. Elliott |
Hunter is not sure what he should do when his best friend starts acting up at preschool.
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| The Big Orange Splot |
Daniel Pinkwater |
After a seagull drops a can of paint on his neat house, Mr. Plumbean dares to redecorate in a way that’s different from his neighbors’.
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| Cliques, Phonies and Other Baloney |
Trevor Romain |
This book describes cliques and advises readers how to form healthier relationships and friendships.
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| Fourth Grade Rats |
Jerry Spinelli |
Suds learns that being mature is not the same as being tough.
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| The Revenge of the Wannabes |
Lisi Harrison |
The wealthy seventh-grade girls at Octavian Day School compete against one another for who will be the queen of the school’s “in crowd.â€
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| Blubber |
Judy Blume |
Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth grade class in tormenting a classmate and then finds what it’s like when she, too, becomes a target.
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| Stargirl |
Jerry Spinelli |
This book highlights the perils of popularity, the courage of non-conformity and how an eccentric student changes Mica High School forever.
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| The Battle of Jericho |
Sharon M. Draper |
A high school junior and his cousin suffer after joining what seems to be a reputable school club.
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| Monster |
Walter Dean Myers |
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen year old Steve records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom.
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| The Wave |
Todd Strasser |
The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded historic movements such as Nazism are recreated in the classroom when a teacher introduces a “new†system to his students. This book is based on a real-life incident.
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